8 Pin Potentiometer wiring

408silverfox

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hello this is my first time asking. building an external volume control using an alpine rk27 50k stereo pot know about six pin pots for wiring but this has 8 pins what are the 2 extra for? thank you. 408 silverfox
 
Presumably one of these:


The middle three pins are the conventional terminals, as far as I can see - all the standard ones have the position for that extra one, but actual no pin - eg:


So just ignore the extra pins to use it as a normal pot.

This is a more common style pot, that has a loudness tap - it's a fixed point near mid position along the resistance, which may help clarify the device concept:

 
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